Research funding success for GSD students
Congratulations to our students for securing funding for research projects over the summer!
The Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS) enables undergraduate students to carry out an interdisciplinary summer research public engagement project. The scheme is open to any undergraduate student at Warwick and research can be completed in the UK or abroad.
This year, seven GSD students have successfully secured a bursary: Sara Azeem, Szebasztian Csernik-Tihn, Annabelle Early, Ari Hassan, Isaac McGirr, Virginia Thomas-Pickles and Melissa Yip. Their research projects will be presented in the form of a poster showcase at the annual URSS Celebration Research Showcase, which will take place next academic year.
Below are the titles of their research projects and their supervisor(s).
Sara Azeem
- Second-year Economic Studies and GSD student
- Project title: ‘Determining the carbon sequestration potential of mangroves in the U.A.E.’
- Supervisor: Dr Jess Savage
Szebasztián Csernik-Tihn
- Second-year Economic Studies and GSD student
- Project title: ‘Roots of Populism: Relationship of Economic Inequalities and Right-Wing Populism in Germany’
- Supervisor: Dr Marta Guerriero
Annabelle Early
- First-year Life Sciences and GSD student
- Project title: ‘Exploration of treatment-seeking behaviour of fever patients in rural Northern Thailand and Southern Lao PDR.’
- Supervisor: Dr Marco J Haenssgen
Ari Hassan
- Second-year Economic Studies and GSD student
- Project title: 'Intersectionality in the Climate Change Movement'
- Supervisor: Dr Marta Guerriero
Isaac McGirr
- Third-year Sociology and GSD student
- Project title: ‘The Voice of Palau: Climate change attitudes, social implications and crisis planning’
- Supervisors: Dr Marta Guerriero and Dr Jess Savage
Virginia Thomas-Pickles
- Second-year single honours GSD student
- Project title: ‘Assessing the impact of woodland planting in the Heart of England Forest on plants species biodiversity’
- Supervisor: Dr Jess Savage
Melissa Yip
- First-year Politics and International Studies (PAIS) and GSD student
- Project title: ‘Fighting Climate Change: Science and Urban Design Partnerships for Sustainability’
- Supervisors: Dr Marta Guerriero, Dr Jess Savage, and Dr Jonathan Clarke.